DIY Projects

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in setting up Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe support may be interested to know that research and technology consultant Tomasz Mloduchowski has discovered a way to implement support for external PCIe devices on the latest mini PC from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe support

If you have been patiently waiting for the arrival of the new Raspberry Pi 4 Pi-top development platform to launch, you will be pleased to know that it is now available via Kickstarter with earlybird pledges available from $199 roughly £160. With still 29 days remaining on the campaign over 300 … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi 4 Pi-top launches via Kickstarter from $199

Electronics enthusiasts Howard Constantine has returned to Kickstarter for the 21st time to launch his latest campaign the VFD Clock III, specifically designed for VFD type Y-1938 / 1939 Digivac DT-1704. Watch the video below to learn more about the vacuum fluorescent display which is available via … [Read more...] about VFD Clock III vacuum fluorescent display

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts looking to push their new Raspberry Pi 4 mini PC to its limits may be interested in a new Raspberry Pi 4 cooling fan aptly named the ICE Tower, which is now available to purchase priced at $19.90. Due to the increased power and performance from the Raspberry Pi 4 the mini PC … [Read more...] about ICE Tower Raspberry Pi 4 fan and heatsink drops temperature from 80°C to 40°C

Valve has kindly made available mechanical CAD for components of all three primary products in the Valve Index VR system (controller, headset, and base station) under a Creative Commons license. Interesting points include : - The Frunk is the volume in the front of the headset meant to host … [Read more...] about Valve make availablel CAD files for Valve Index VR system

Seeed have released their very first Feather format board in the form of the Grove Shield for Particle Mesh which is now available to purchase price of just $2.90. The Grove Shield for Particle Mesh is a Particle Mesh breakout in the form of Grove connector Enabling developers, hobbyists and … [Read more...] about Grove Shield for Particle Mesh

A new open source Espressif ESP32-based board offering a form factor similar to popular single board computers such as the Raspberry Pi has been launched via the Crowd Supply website this month and takes the form of the Obsidian ESP32. Pledges are available from $35 which includes free shipping … [Read more...] about Obsidian ESP32 in a Raspberry Pi form factor from $35

If you are looking for an aluminium case for your shiny new Raspberry Pi 4 mini PC you might be interested to know that the Kodi Edition Raspberry Pi 4 case is already available to preorder from just $11.20 offering a discount of the recommended retail price of $15.95. Preorders are expected to ship … [Read more...] about Kodi Raspberry Pi 4 case preorders open from $11.20